ALF ADMINISTRATOR CORE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Agency - ANS Means Agency for healthcare administration(AHCA)
Applicant - ANS Means Individual corporation partnership firm association or governmental
entity that submits an application for a license to the agency(ACHA-Agency for healthcare
administration)
Authorizing statute - ANS The statue authorizing the license operation of a provider
Certification - ANS Certification as a Medicare or Medicaid provider of the services that
require licensure or certification pursuant to the federal clinical laboratory improvement
amendment (CLIA)
Change of ownership - ANS (A)-And event in which the Licensee sells or otherwise transfers
its ownership to a different individual or entity as evidence by a change of federal employer
identification number or tax payer ID vacation number or (B)-Dash an event in which 51% or
more of the ownership shares membership or controlling interest of a licensee is in a manner
transferred or otherwise assigned. This paragraph does not apply to a licensee that is publicly
traded on a recognize stock exchange.
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,Client/resident - ANS Means any person receiving services from a provider
License - ANS Means any permit registration certificate or license issued by the agency
(AHCA- Agency for healthcare administration)
Licensee - ANS Means and an individual corporation partnership firm association
governmental entity or entity that is issued a permit restoration certificate or license by the
agency. Licensee is legally responsible for all the aspects of the provider operation.
Moratorium - ANS Means a prohibition on the acceptance of new clients.
Provider - ANS Means any activity service agency or facility regulated by the agency. (AHCA-
Agency for healthcare administration)
Relative - ANS Means the individual who is the father mother stepfather stepmother son
daughter brother sister grandmother grandfather and great grandmother and great grandfather
grandson granddaughter uncle aunt first cousin nephew nieces husband and wife father-in-law
and mother-in-law's son-in-law daughter-in-law brother-in-law sister-in-law stepson and
stepdaughter stepbrother stepsister half brother or half sister of a (patient or client) (owner or
administrator)
Activities of daily living(ADLs) - ANS Means functions and Tasks for self-care including
ambulation bathing dressing eating grooming and toileting and other similar task.(get bad-
(g)rooming, eating, toileting, bathing, ambulation, dressing )
Administrator - ANS Means an individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a assisted living facility.
Department - ANS Department of Elder affairs
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, Aging in place or age in place - ANS Means the process of providing increased her adjusted
services to a person to compensate for the physical or mental decline the may occur with the
aging process in order to maximize the persons dignity and independence and permit them to
remain in a familiar non-institutionalized residential environment for as long as possible. Such
services may be for barded by facility staff volunteers family or friends or through a contractual
arrangements with a third party.
Assisted living facility (ALF) - ANS Means any building or building section or distinctive part of
a building private home boarding home,home for the aged or other residential facility,
Regardless of whether operated for profit, which through its ownership and management
provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services for period Exceeding 24 hours to
one or more adults who are not relatives of the owner or administrator.
Chemical restraint - ANS Means a Pharmacologic drug that physically limits, restricts or
Deprives an individual of movement or mobility, and is used for discipline or convenience and
not required for the treatment of medical symptoms.
Community living support plan - ANS Means a written document prepared by mental health
resident and the resident's mental health case manager in consultation with the administrator
of a assisted living facility with a limited mental health license or the administrators designee. A
copy must be provided to the administrator. The plan must include information about the
supports services and special needs of the resident which enable the resident to live in the
assisted-living facility and a method by which facility staff can recognize and respond to the
signs and symptoms particular to that resident which indicate the need for professional
services.
Cooperative agreement - ANS Means a written statement of understanding between a
mental health provider and the administrator of the assisted living facility with a limited mental
health license in which a mental health resident is living. The agreement must specify directions
for accessing emergency and after hours care for the mental health resident. A single
cooperative agreement may service all mental health residents who are clients of the same
mental health care provider.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Agency - ANS Means Agency for healthcare administration(AHCA)
Applicant - ANS Means Individual corporation partnership firm association or governmental
entity that submits an application for a license to the agency(ACHA-Agency for healthcare
administration)
Authorizing statute - ANS The statue authorizing the license operation of a provider
Certification - ANS Certification as a Medicare or Medicaid provider of the services that
require licensure or certification pursuant to the federal clinical laboratory improvement
amendment (CLIA)
Change of ownership - ANS (A)-And event in which the Licensee sells or otherwise transfers
its ownership to a different individual or entity as evidence by a change of federal employer
identification number or tax payer ID vacation number or (B)-Dash an event in which 51% or
more of the ownership shares membership or controlling interest of a licensee is in a manner
transferred or otherwise assigned. This paragraph does not apply to a licensee that is publicly
traded on a recognize stock exchange.
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,Client/resident - ANS Means any person receiving services from a provider
License - ANS Means any permit registration certificate or license issued by the agency
(AHCA- Agency for healthcare administration)
Licensee - ANS Means and an individual corporation partnership firm association
governmental entity or entity that is issued a permit restoration certificate or license by the
agency. Licensee is legally responsible for all the aspects of the provider operation.
Moratorium - ANS Means a prohibition on the acceptance of new clients.
Provider - ANS Means any activity service agency or facility regulated by the agency. (AHCA-
Agency for healthcare administration)
Relative - ANS Means the individual who is the father mother stepfather stepmother son
daughter brother sister grandmother grandfather and great grandmother and great grandfather
grandson granddaughter uncle aunt first cousin nephew nieces husband and wife father-in-law
and mother-in-law's son-in-law daughter-in-law brother-in-law sister-in-law stepson and
stepdaughter stepbrother stepsister half brother or half sister of a (patient or client) (owner or
administrator)
Activities of daily living(ADLs) - ANS Means functions and Tasks for self-care including
ambulation bathing dressing eating grooming and toileting and other similar task.(get bad-
(g)rooming, eating, toileting, bathing, ambulation, dressing )
Administrator - ANS Means an individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a assisted living facility.
Department - ANS Department of Elder affairs
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, Aging in place or age in place - ANS Means the process of providing increased her adjusted
services to a person to compensate for the physical or mental decline the may occur with the
aging process in order to maximize the persons dignity and independence and permit them to
remain in a familiar non-institutionalized residential environment for as long as possible. Such
services may be for barded by facility staff volunteers family or friends or through a contractual
arrangements with a third party.
Assisted living facility (ALF) - ANS Means any building or building section or distinctive part of
a building private home boarding home,home for the aged or other residential facility,
Regardless of whether operated for profit, which through its ownership and management
provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services for period Exceeding 24 hours to
one or more adults who are not relatives of the owner or administrator.
Chemical restraint - ANS Means a Pharmacologic drug that physically limits, restricts or
Deprives an individual of movement or mobility, and is used for discipline or convenience and
not required for the treatment of medical symptoms.
Community living support plan - ANS Means a written document prepared by mental health
resident and the resident's mental health case manager in consultation with the administrator
of a assisted living facility with a limited mental health license or the administrators designee. A
copy must be provided to the administrator. The plan must include information about the
supports services and special needs of the resident which enable the resident to live in the
assisted-living facility and a method by which facility staff can recognize and respond to the
signs and symptoms particular to that resident which indicate the need for professional
services.
Cooperative agreement - ANS Means a written statement of understanding between a
mental health provider and the administrator of the assisted living facility with a limited mental
health license in which a mental health resident is living. The agreement must specify directions
for accessing emergency and after hours care for the mental health resident. A single
cooperative agreement may service all mental health residents who are clients of the same
mental health care provider.
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